Cuff.



G. C. LEVY. CUFF.

' APPLICATION FILED JULY24. 1915. 1,187,348. PatentedJune13,1916.

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INVENTOR ernaar: ofLEvY, or PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

Specification of Letters Patent. l Patentgd June 13, 1916,

Application led July 24, 1915. Serial No. 41,770. l

To all whom t may concern.

Be it known that I, GEORGE C. LEVY, a citizen of the United States' of America, resid ing at Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny and State of' Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cuffs, of which the following is a speciiication.

The present invention appertains to an improved vform of 'cuff or mens shirts, and relates particularly to the ty e of cuff known as soft and reversible cu s.

In all patterns ofA reversible cuffs with which I am familiar, when the cuff end is turned inside the cu', the eXtreme edge of the cuff presents an abrupt and loose obstructionV to the free passage of the hand through thek cuil', and when the hand so encounters this turned in edge, the cuff is vdisarranged or rumpled, and oftentimes marred. These objectionable features and annoyances are eliminated by the' utilization of a shield or flap that I employ to fit over the free end of the cuff when itis turned inside or reversed, and this shield confines the edge 0f the'cuf so that it is out of the way and permits the free passage of the hand through the cuf when the wearer is putting on the shirt. l

The invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of this shield or iap with the cuii", as will be more fully pointed out in the accompanying specification and claims.

In the drawings herewith Iv have illustrated one complete example, and a slight modification thereof, of the physical em-A bodiment of my invention, made according to the best modes I have so far devised for the practical application of the principles of my invention.

Figure 1 is a plan view of a cuff made according to my invention, showing the inside of the sleeve, with a corner ofthe flap and a corner of the cuff turned back for convenience ofillustration. Fig. 2 is a similar view with the cuf extended as in the act or being reversed, showing the shield or flap flat on the cuff. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a portion of thecuff, looking at the inside, showing the edge and the arrangement of the folded cuff and flap. Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3,'but here the cuff is reversed. Fig. 5 is an outside perspective view showing the cuifvwith its end turned inside under the shield?" Fig. 6 shows amodied 'The cui is provided with the'usual cui-but ton holes 5, (four in number, one pair for the fixed portion 1 and the other pair forthe foldable end portion 4f.

The shield for the cuff end is a piece of fabric 6 preferably of the same material as the cuH, and in some instances the shield may be a portion of the cuff and sewed to the sleeve end so that it will overlap.y In the drawings however, the flap 6 is a separate piece'of .material, sewed to the inside of the sleeve at the base lor top of the cu, and the flap 6 is free at its ends and hangs loose inside the cuff. A pair of cuff-button holes 7 7 are worked in the shield, one at each end, and these holes register with the button holes in the cuff portions, so that the shank of the cuii' button passes through two sets of three holes in the cui. At the under the center thereof are a pair of sockets as 8, 8 and these sockets are adapted to receive the correspondingly arranged halls 9 9 on the outer side of the end portion or foldablel portion 4 of the'cufi'. This ball and socket fastening, or glove fastener arrangement is effective in holding the -ouii' when itis reversed and the foldable end turned inside under the shield or iap, as clearly seenin Fig. 1. When the edge of the cu has become soiled it is turned in as in Fig. l1 and the foldable end is tucked under the shield and held there by the fastenings 8 9,v and in addition, the cuff buttons which` are passed through the two sets of three holes each in the cuffs, hold the iap or shield securely in place.

When the cuff is being Worn with the foldable end Lloutside, it will be noted that the balls 9 of the glove fastening device are invisible as they are secured at what is now the inner side'of the portion 4. The flap or shield is inoperative when the cuff is turned but the flap, because ofits cut away portion '85 side of the Hap 6 and 'spaced equally from ,10, forms no obstruction to the free passage Vthe shield or flap and the ball and socket4 fasteners are snapped together, and when the cuff button has been secured in place the culi' is now ready for a second Wearing The used end of the cuf't1 is securely and effectively held under the shield, and the snug and close fit of the shield prevents any I obstruction to the free passage through the cuil' of the hand. i

In Fig. 6 the shield as 11 is sewed at its end edges to the .cui in .order to forni a pocket yfor' the cuff end @El and the cuff p0rtion la may be beveled at 12 in order to facilitate the entrance of the cufi" end into the pocket.

In Fig. it Will be 'noted that the edge of the cuff, from point a. to point b, and thence around the cuff', is free, lthe line of stitches 0 which secures the cud' to the sleeve being inset from the edge of the culi for this purpose in order to give the culi', when this side is exposed, the appearance of the ordinary soft QuE.

From the above description taken in con-v nection with my drawings it is evident that l I have provided an improved cuff' which Will obviate the objectionable features enumermaking alterations and changes as are dea' sired or required to perfect the culi' according to several plans.

What I claim is 1. The combination with a sleeve and a foldable cuff, of a shieldfastened to'the in- 'side of the cuff and adapted to overlapJ its extreme edge when said edge is turned inside the cuff and means for :fastening the foldable cuff to the shield, sai/d cuii having a seamI of stitches near its edge forming a plait Where it is attached to. the sleeve to giife the appearance of a folded ply to the cu 2. The combination with.' a sleeve and a foldable cuff having tvvo set-iig oi' button holes, of a flap having a cutaway portionhforming a shield and provided with button holes, attaching means for the shield and cuii', and the button holes through the shield and cuff being alined to receive a cu' button.

In testimony whereof I aliiX my signature.

GEORGE C. LEVY. 

